A framework for multi-agent based clustering is described whereby individual agents represent individual clusters. A particular feature of the framework is that, after an initial cluster configuration has been generated, the agents are able to negotiate with a view to improving on this initial clustering. The framework can be used in the context of a number of clustering paradigms, two are inve...

A simple thermodynamic model of the main transition in pure lipid bilayers is presented. The basic relations for cooperativity, aggregation degree and fractional number of molecules are derived. The experimental heat capacity measurements of uni- and multilamellar phospholipid vesicles are analysed within the context of this model, and the transition characteristics are obtained. It is demonstr...

Many organizations routinely analyze large datasets using systems for distributed data-parallel processing and clusters of commodity resources. Yet, users need to configure adequate resources their data jobs. This requires significant insights into expected job runtimes scaling behavior, resource characteristics, input distributions, other factors. Unable estimate performance accurately, freque...

We apply a recently introduced method for global optimization to determine the ground state energy and configuration for model metallic clusters. The global minimum for a given N–atom cluster is found by following the damped dynamics of the N particle system on an evolving potential energy surface. In this application, the time dependent interatomic potential interpolates adiabatically between ...